Amercian Staffordshire Bull Terrier

[Selfridge81]

Am interesting to get a puppy as above by the end of this year or so and I'm nearly 4 months pregnant so how old should the baby be that i can get a puppy? Thanks.

[wildwood]

If I was you I'd wait until well after the baby is born. You'll have your hands full with that and may not feel like also taking on the responsibility of a puppy by that time.

[woofgang]

Truly I cannot imagine being able to raise and housetrain a pup at the same time as taking care of a newborn. For our own health and that of the baby, I wouldn't introduce the complications of cleaning up after pup at this stage, also as you get bigger, bending to clean, picking up the pup, and moving fast to stop pup misbehaving will get harder and harder.

[woofgang]

"your own health"

[boxtops]

I would certainly wait until your child is a good bit older. My neighbour has a puppy and it's taking up a lot of her time. You don't want a pup under your feet when your baby-bump is too big for you to see it, you're bound to have toilet accidents, puppies take a lot of energy. You also don't want the risk of infection from puppy-poo when you have a tiny baby.

[Ratty2E]

Puppies are like toddlers, they need all your attention and you can't take your eyes off them for a minute. They need proper training right from the start, which takes a lot of time, patience and consistancy. Once you have the baby you'll be so tired and run off your feet you'll hardly have time to look after yourself never mind a puppy. I certainly would'nt be thinking of getting a puppy for quite some time yet.

[jules77]

Puppies can be more time consuming than a baby, I would wait.

[RATTER15]

Forget about the puppy for a while and concentrate on your baby for a year or so, they will both be very demanding for the first 12 months or more. The other thing to consider is, it isn't very hygienic to have a baby crawling around on a floor when your puppy is still not house trained.

[Selfridge81]

Thanks all for ur answer... it has really helpful and i think better wait till the child is little older.